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The Slide

Date: 1880
Description: Engraving for "Peterson's Magazine" of women in maids' uniforms sliding down an icy path in the snow.
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Open Hearth Lead Furnace

Date: 1872
Description: Galena (lead sulfide) was melted at this open hearth furnace owned by Richard Straw and Company on the Roundtree Branch of the Little Platte River. The men...
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Wisconsin State Capitol (Third) Maintenance

Date: 1878
Description: Painters working on the cornice of one of the four octagonal towers of the Wisconsin State Capitol. Also visible is the Italianate ornamentation of the iro...
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Railroad Workers at Boardinghouse

Date: 1898
Description: Group portrait of boarders, all railroad shop workers, sitting on the front porch at Mrs. Armour's boarding house. Left to right are: Bill Salsig, Roy Mart...
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Railroad Construction

Date: 1890
Description: Men building a culvert on the Milwaukee, Lake Shore & Westerm railway. In the background both horses and oxen teams are being used.
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Workers Entering McCormick Reaper Works

Date: 1886
Description: Elevated view of factory workers entering the Oakley Avenue gate of the McCormick Reaper Works. The men are filing in from the street, passing railroad box...
Book or Pamphlet

D.M. Osborne Factory Scene Catalog Cover

Date: 1895
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for D.M. Osborne and Company showing a "scene in the Osborne rolling mill." The Osborne company manufactured agricultural m...
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Building a Dam

Date: 1895
Description: Elevated view of men in the midst of dam construction.
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Interior of Bonded Warehouse

Date: 1877
Description: Etching of interior of bonded warehouse with four men present, two conversing and two rolling barrels.
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McCormick Reaper Works Employees

Date: 1890
Description: A group of factory workers sit on wooden benches in front of a brick building to have their portrait taken. The workers were employees of the McCormick Rea...
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Unloading a Coal Barge

Date: 06 11 1894
Description: Several men unload coal from barges with shovels. A row of buildings is in the background.
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Men with Oxen at Mill

Date: 1899
Description: A group of men are standing with three or four teams of oxen pulling wagons at what appears to be a mill. Several buildings and a chute are in the backgrou...
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Curtis & Yale Plant 1 Workers

Date: 1884
Description: Men posed in front of and on top of a building at Plant One of the Curtis and Yale Co. Some of the men stand with bicycles.
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The Fermenting Cellar

Date: 1885
Description: Engraved image of two men working in a cellar full of wooden barrels filled with fermenting beer.
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Sawmill Crew

Date: 1888
Description: Ed McDill's sawmill crew. Left to right: George Dickerman, George Norton, Charles Norton, Jesse Dickerman and, in a derby, Ed McDill, the owner. The boys a...
Book or Pamphlet

Adriance and Buckeye Harvesting Machinery Catalog

Date: 1896
Description: Catalog cover of Adriance, Platt & Co. features an illustration of a farmer standing in a field holding a scythe and wiping his brow. In the background men...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

"Workingman's Advocate" Front Page

Date: 05 26 1866
Description: Page one of "The Workingman's Advocate." The front page of the newspaper includes an illustration that advertises "Artificial Legs and Arms" for wounded Ci...

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